(I'm going to try to catch up on discussing the Sinestro Corps books, so there will be a few of them.)
I had been thinking of letting this title go--just not a big fan of that last storyline, I guess--but I'll be holding on to it for at least as long as Sinestro Corps is going on, obviously.
I'm also not all that big of a fan of Hal in general, but I'm liking him in this story. I particularly like his acceptance of the disdain of the Lost Lanterns--that he understands why they react toward him as they do, and doesn't get angry about it, even thought they've surely been informed of the specifics, that he was simply a host for the Parallax entity. That he accepts that, while they ought to know better, they're just not able to make that separation emotionally.
I do have one question, though. And since I don't have much personal familiarity with military or law-enforcement organizations, I'm not sure that this is a good question about the GLC, but here it is.
Does there have to be a "greatest" Green Lantern? Is it necessary that there be one whose light shines "brighter than the rest," as Ganthet suggests to Hal that his must? It's the same reason I didn't care for the recent concept of Ion as the next generation of Green Lanterns--here's a diverse group of individuals, working as a team, not necessarily as equals across the board, obviously, but connected in a significant way by their commitment and sense of duty. That's the strength of the concept, for me. It seems sort of...well, counter-intuitive that there should be someone singled out as particularly special, or better than the rest. It also seems counter-productive; the way GLs (the ones who lack their own comic books, anyway) tend to get killed off, you wouldn't want one who is irreplaceable, would you?
Oh, and Kyle's Parallax costume? Dump the cape and the shoulder armor, tweak the mask a bit, and that's actually a pretty sharp-looking outfit.
2 comments:
I think the "Brigtest Light" idea is one that comes with any story that centers around the light in the darkness. There will always be times that one person will be call upon to be the brighter light for the sake of all. Hal as the main GL character in the DCU mythos gets the majority of this attention, but Klye has had his moments, even Guy. What I think it is comes from what we have in life. There are people that naturally shine brighter, even when in a group. They are the people that lead by example and become the trusted and solid rocks that others can rally around for strength.
It is to me less about diminishing the team, but just recognizing the difference one person can make. That one light can dispell the darkness. The thing is that GL's can gather all single lights around the one and be the brightest light.
The one thing I hate in GL comics is the idea that the guy we know from Earth, "our" GL, is OF COURSE the brightest light. It's implausible; didn't Hal & Kyle both get their rings by lucky accidents? And it's pandering to the audience's planet in a way that good space fantasy should not do.
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